Simplified Analogues of the Antimalarial Artemisinin: Synthesis of 6,9-Desmethylartemisinin

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 1792-1795

  Avery, Mitchell A ^a   Jennings white, Clive ^a   Chong, Wesley K M ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,9 DINORARTEMISININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON;

EID: 0024555990     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo00269a009     Document Type: Article

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